If your pool was installed in an area with any water table, the extra hole next to your fiberglass pool should be a well point or sump tube. The tube gives you access to put a pump down and pump Read More …
Mustard algae is often mistaken for dirt or sand on the sides of the pool. Mustard algae is resistant to chlorine and is a form of green algae which presents as yellow-green or brown in color. This type of algae Read More …
Question: My pool was fiberglassed one year ago and is now developing green algae on the sides. It cannot be brushed off and I have been told to reduce the ph to 6.8 and the chlorine to 1 as the Read More …
Many people who inherit a gunite pool will notice white stuff in the skimmer of a gunite pool. This is usually some type of pool putty or two part epoxy that is added to the skimmer to help close up Read More …
High iron content? Treat with the ferriiron tablets and go from green to clean in no time at all. They work best with the sand filter! 24 hour time lapse between these photos.
When we head out to open a pool with a Merlin Safety Cover, the pools look great, and the pool is full from the winter rain and snow. Especially with the SmartMesh Safety Read More …
You can actually just toss the ferritabs directly into the pool – they dissolve quickly. In the photos we have a pool that was recently filled mostly with a truck, however the first 3′ were with iron filled well water. Read More …
http://www.SwimmingPoolSteve.com – If you are thinking of adding bromine into a chlorine pool you should NOT do this. Adding bromine to a chlorine pool with result in now having a bromine pool – and the only way to change back Read More …